Building and engineering

Call Number
N 690.6 BUI
Created/Published
Sydney : Building Pub., 1942-1952
Issue
(May 24, 1951)
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BUILDING and EGINEERING 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
CONTENTS FOR MAY 19
THE NEW LONDON ARISES 20
Australian Production Must Increase OVERSEAS LAGS DELAYING IMPORTS. 21
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT Cumberland County Council’s New Digest. 21
OUR COVER 21
HUGE NEW SYDNEY PRODUCTION PLANT 22
BUILDING RESEARCH CONGRESS 23
NEW "PANAMA" CANAL 23
DRI-GLOW TOWELS PTY. LTD. PARRAMATTA ROAD, FIVE DOCK, SYDNEY. 23 , 24 , 25
BRITAIN'S CHOICE EDUCATION OR HOMES? 24 , 25
G.P.O. Clock to Go Back Restoration Overdue. 25
LEAD THIEVES ACTIVE IN U.K. TO-DAY ALMOST AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD. 26
Sydney’s Water Supply and Sewerage WATER BOARD PUBLISHES INTERESTING JOURNAL. 27 , 28 , 29 , 30
DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL TREMENDOUS EXPANSION UNDER WAY. 31 , 32 , 33
HISTORIC FINSBURY 33
A TOWN WITHIN A CITY ! STUYVESANT TOWN AND PETER COOPER VILLAGE. 34
BRITAIN’S TINIEST TOWN MUST GO ! THE FATE OF BEKONSCOT. 35
What's Going On in the World Today 36 , 37
OTHER DAYS—OTHER WAYS 38
BUILDINGS OF YESTERDAY 39
Visitor’s Criticism of Sydney NEW ZEALANDER’S TRENCHANT COMMENTS. 40
Huge Re Roofing Job Had Many Problems 40
British Urban and Rural Building 40
NEWS OF THE MONTH 41 , 42 , 43
Townsville’s New Base Hospital A £425,000 PROJECT. 44 , 45
WAR VETERANS’ COTTAGES OPENED 45
Housing Commission Flats ROCKDALE COUNCIL PROTESTS. 45
ALUMINIUM IN BUILDING NOTES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH EXPERIMENTAL BUILDING STATION. 46 , 47
THE ARCHITECTURE OF BRIDGES 48 , 49
CAR BUYING AS AN OUTLET FOR SPENDING. 49
“NEW CITY” PROJECT IN VICTORIA CAUSES STATE-WIDE STORM OF PROTEST. Broadmeadows Plan Slated. 50
STEERING A TUNNEL SHIELD THROUGH MUD. 50
300 FT. CLEAR SPANS FOR HANGAR ROOFS. 50
Advertising 51
STEEL: WHERE STANDS RUSSIA ? 52
HOW BIG IS AN ATOM? 52
Advertising 52
Queensland Manufacturer on Overseas Tour £950 House Design 53
BYERA HADLEY TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP. 53
R.V.I.A. AWARD. 53
Advertising 54
WUNDERLICH LIMITED ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. Address of the Chairman, Alfred Wunderlich. 55
THIRD GENERATION BUILDER Heads Britain’s National Federation of Building Trades Employers. 55
Advertising 56
“That Accursed Building” 100 YEARS AGO ANOTHER FESTIVAL WAS BEING CRITICISED. 57
ALUMINIUM IN BUILDING 57
BUILDING CONTROLS TO CONTINUE IN QUEENSLAND 57
When “Calendar Buildings” Were Vogue AND SINGULAR NUMBERS THE FASHION. 58
VICTORIAN COUNCILS CENSURED For Unnecessary Use of Cement. 58
Advertising 58
And Now The Eight – Hour House ! BEGUN IN THE MORNING. READY FOR THE PLUMBERS AT NIGHT. 59
A LAST – MINUTE STORY FROM STEWART FRASER Co-ordinating Committee To Speed Power House Building. 60 , 61
Advertising 60
GLEN DAVIS “TO CLOSE” Unions to Decide on “Policy” 61
BRIDGES AND 100. 61
Unbalanced Housing Development 61
Enlargement Plan for Shakespeare Theatre 61
£4 Million Stg. Housing Deal SPOONER TO BUILD 2000 PREFABS. 61
Advertising 62
Houston, Texas, Favours Welding AND BUILDING PROJECTS LEAP AHEAD. 63
Success of Imported Prefab Programme 63
Advertising 64
Terrace Of Houses GOVERNMENT INERTIA AGAIN. 65
British Steel Nationalisation DEALS EXPORTERS BODY-BLOWS: Plain Steel Ban Ordered. 65
“Architectural Problems of Sydney” IN FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION. 65
EXPANDING AFRICA. 65
Advertising 66
Illuminating Engineering Society of Aust. N.S.W. 67
Louverall Ceilings 67 , 68
HOW TO INCREASE PROFITS THROUGH ADVERTISING. 68
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN STREET LIGHTING 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73
Advertising 72
Coal Stocks Depleted THROUGH MORE STRIKES. 73
Advertising 73
THE COMPACT SOURCE LAMP AND ITS APPLICATION 74 , 75
Advertising 74
OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS 75 , 76 , 77 , 78
Advertising 78
RELAXING OF BUILDING LAWS URGED FOR HOME BUILDERS. 79
Advertising 79
Puffing The Sun To Work 80 , 81
Advertising 80
Fibro Cement Sheets for Tender WHOLE SHIPMENT DAMAGED. 81
House Is A Sham 81
Advertising 81
Defeating the Dim~out 82
Advertising 82
UNDERGROUND FOOD STORES. 82
Advertising 82
100 HOUSES IN 100 DAYS "ON SITE" SYSTEM SUPPLIES THE ANSWER ANOTHER WAY TO GET HOMES. 83 , 85
Advertising 83 , 84
STEEL OUTPUT IMPROVES. 85
Advertising 85
Japanese Steel Buy Branded “Disgrace” 85
Advertising 85
“SEIDLER” FLATS COMMENCED 86
Advertising 86
PUTTING PEP INTO PLANNING. 86
JESSIE McPHERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, MELBOURNE. Tenders Being Called. 86
BRICK OUTLOOK BETTER. 86
Timber Blaze Causes £lOO,OOO Damage SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON BUILDING INDUSTRY. 87
Brisbane Science Conference IMPORTANT ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 87
Advertising 87 , 88
2¼-MILE CABLE SPAN. 89
RED CROSS. 89
Advertising 89
British Atomic Secrets Revealed HOW ATOMIC PILE IS CONSTRUCTED. 90
Advertising 90
SPACE WARMING BY CONVECTION GAS HEATER. 90
BIG PROPERTY DEAL. 90
Advertising 91 , 92
SMALL, PORTABLE SOUND LEVEL METER. A Useful Instrument. 92
Advertising 92
AN IMPROVED HANDLE FOR FILES. 92
BRITISH AIRMEN’S INVALUABLE WORK IN MALAYA. 92
Advertising 92
“St. Ursula” Elizabeth Bay HOME UNIT PROJECT UNDER WAY. 93
Advertising 93 , 94
Curing Concrete Pavements with Membranes RECENT AMERICAN PRACTICE. 95
A.G.E. ABRIDGED PRICE LIST. 95 , 97
Advertising 95 , 96 , 98
Index to Advertisers 98 , 99
Advertising 98 , 100

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